Preparing wheel housings and side members for installing and fitting

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Fig 1: Preparing Wheel Housings And Side Members For Installing And Fitting

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WHEEL HOUSINGS AND SIDE MEMBERS REFERENCE (PREPARING)

No.	Procedure	Instructions
1	Preparing spare parts	Transfer cut to the spare front wheel housings and then cut to size, -dimension X = 50 mm-A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I,- . See Fig 1 . Cut the spare side members to size with the body saw and then fit so that there is an offset of -dimension X = 50 mm-A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I,- . See Fig 1 .
2	Cleaning the welding areas	Remove underbody coating and paint layers, etc. from the welding areas of the body with a hot-air gun or rotary brush.
3	Fitting the side members and wheel housing in the body and fastening them on the straightening attachments.	Fasten the spare inner side member on the straightening attachment for the front-axle mount or on the straightening attachments for the impact pipes (impact absorbers) and fit it in.
4	Fitting the front floor panel in the body and fastening it on the straightening attachment.	See REPLACING CLOSING PANEL
5	Fitting in front wall	See REPLACING FRONT WALL
6	Fitting in wings and front lid	Fit the left and right wings and fit in the front lid. Refer to GAP DIMENSIONS, BODY .